English-Dutch translations for more often than not

• vaker wel dan niet
  Vaker wel dan niet is dit te toe te schrijven aan het feit dat de visserij in de communautaire wateren zeer complex is. More often than not it is attributable to the fact that we have very complex fisheries in Community waters.
  Het is belangrijk om geen verlammende administratieve rompslomp te creëren voor onze ondernemers, die vaker wel dan niet tot het MKB behoren. It is important not to create a crippling administrative burden for our entrepreneurs, who are more often than not SMEs.
  Dat komt omdat deze rechten vaker wel dan niet buiten het toepassingsgebied van de communautaire wetgeving vallen, zoals u terecht heeft opgemerkt. This is because such rights, more often than not, turn out to be outside the scope of Community law, as you have just rightly pointed out.
• veelal
  Mensen uit deze groepen, veelal economisch kwetsbaar, lopen groot risico slachtoffer te worden van discriminatie. People from these groups, more often than not economically vulnerable, run the considerable risk of becoming victims of discrimination.
  Asiel, immigratie, het strafrechtstelsel en het evenwicht tussen vrijheid en veiligheid vereisen consensus op het vlak van de rechtvaardigheid en veelal ook harmonisatie van de wetgeving. The issues of asylum, immigration, the criminal justice system and the balance between freedom and security require consensus on justice, and, more often than not, the harmonisation of legislation.

Definition of more often than not

• Usually; more than half the time; more likely to be the case than not to be the case

Examples

• More often than not, tomato seeds will sprout even if they are a couple of years old

Related words

• more often
• bite off more than one can chew
• one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen
• don’t bite off more than you can chew